https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/28670602/chinese-gp-called-due-coronavirus Chinese GP to be called off due to coronavirus
https://www.planetf1.com/news/toto-wolff-f1-2020/ - interesting observation! Wolff: ‘F1 2020 season is a two-year championship’
Translation: we are going to spend billions now before the spending cap so our opponents will never catch up to us.
REALLY !!!! Consumer group wants 2020 Ferrari car ‘seized’ Image Unavailable, Please Login Italy’s best known consumer rights group is threatening to sue Ferrari and urging the government to “seize” the team’s newly-launched 2020 car. Following similar controversies a year ago, the inclusion of the ‘Mission Winnow’ branding on the new red car is once again causing a stir. Mission Winnow is a brand created by the tobacco giant Philip Morris, Ferrari’s long-time title sponsor. On its website, the brand is not obviously associated with tobacco, instead declaring its goal of driving “change by constantly searching for better ways of doing things”. The major Italian consumer group Codacons, however, says it is in fact subliminal tobacco advertising, which is banned in both “direct and indirect” forms in the country. And according to the Italian media source Automoto, the Italian government agrees, with the health ministry accepting Codacons’ recent complaint that the Mission Winnow branding is effectively promoting tobacco. “Strengthened by the decision of the ministry that confirms us across the board, we will start legal proceedings against Ferrari,” said Codacons president Carlo Rienzi. “We will also ask for the new ‘SF1000’ single seater that was presented yesterday in Reggio Emilia to be seized.” https://www.planetf1.com/news/ferrari-sf1000-4/
Well, there is no doubt that tobacco companies are trying to circumvent the ban on advertising by rebranding some products and sponsoring sports. It's debatable if it is efficient, but that's enough to irritate the anti-tobacco lobby. So, I am not surprised at all by that court action.
